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HowcodecOpen.exe

HowcodecOpen

HOW SOFT

The application HowcodecOpen.exe by HOW SOFT has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
HowSoft  (signed by HOW SOFT)

Product:
HowcodecOpen

Version:
2013.4.10.1

MD5:
11c8e5c2f78759c1263d10b10bc07b53

SHA-1:
6bb1b9363944230e9ff3a1bbb5863f8b69b37696

SHA-256:
3a3c1c8c110d2484dafdee1fd2ffd8f061762dadaec43f809222c3d9b8f1bc66

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 10:16:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Hue Communication (M)
17.1.13.8

File size:
338 KB (346,144 bytes)

Product version:
2013.4.10.1

Copyright:
copyright(c) 2009 by howcodec all right reserved.

Original file name:
HowcodecOpen.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\howcodec\howcodecopen.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
HOW SOFT

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/31/2013 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/3/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=HOW SOFT, OU=IT Team, O=HOW SOFT, L=Guro-gu, S=SEOUL, C=KR

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7BA3F775C5D05768F56F97039538592C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2013 3:01:50 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xF4001

Entry point:
60, E8, 03, 00, 00, 00, E9, EB, 04, 5D, 45, 55, C3, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, EB, 5D, BB, ED, FF, FF, FF, 03, DD, 81, EB, 00, 40, 0F, 00, 83, BD, 88, 04, 00, 00, 00, 89, 9D, 88, 04, 00, 00, 0F, 85, CB, 03, 00, 00, 8D, 85, 94, 04, 00, 00, 50, FF, 95, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 89, 85, 8C, 04, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 8D, 7D, 51, 57, 56, FF, 95, A5, 0F, 00, 00, AB, B0, 00, AE, 75, FD, 38, 07, 75, EE, 8D, 45, 7A, FF, E0, 56, 69, 72, 74, 75, 61, 6C, 41, 6C, 6C, 6F, 63, 00, 56, 69, 72, 74, 75, 61, 6C, 46, 72, 65, 65, 00, 56, 69, 72, 74...
 
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Entropy:
7.9402

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v2.12

Code size:
743 KB (760,832 bytes)

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